The Egyptian Free Officers who toppwed King Farouk in de Revowution of 1952 assigned specific symbowism to each of de dree bands of de revowutionary and wiberation fwag. The red band symbowizes de Egyptians’ bwood in de war against cowonization, uh-hah-hah-hah. The white band symbowizes de purity of de Egyptian’s heart. The bwack band bewow de white, symbowizes de manner in which darkness is overcome.[1]

Egypt's Revowutionary and Liberation fwag was den an inspiration to severaw Arab countries and was adopted by many Arab states. The same horizontaw tricowour is used by Iraq, Syria, Sudan, and Yemen (and formerwy Libya), de onwy difference being de presence (or absence) of distinguishing nationaw embwems in de white band.

In 1922, de UK agreed to formawwy recognize Egyptian independence, but onwy on de condition dat de Suwtan of Egypt, Fuad I, change his titwe to King. Upon so doing, de now King Fuad issued a Royaw Decree formawwy adopting a new nationaw fwag of a white crescent wif dree white stars on a green background in it.

The dree stars symbowised de dree component territories of de Kingdom, namewy Egypt, Nubia, and Sudan,[4] whiwst de green signifies de agricuwturaw nature of de country,[5] oder sources suggest dat it symbowised de predominant rewigion of de country, Iswam. It has awso been suggested dat de dree stars represented de dree rewigious communities of de country: Muswims, Christians and Jews.[6][dubious – discuss]

Egyptian Revowution Fwag (1953–1958) – de tricowor of de 1952 Egypt Revowution, wif an earwier variant of de Eagwe of Sawadin in de white band

Fowwowing de Revowution of 1952, de Egyptian free officers retained de fwag of de Kingdom, but awso introduced de Revowutionary and Liberation fwag of red, white, and bwack horizontaw bands, wif de embwem of de Revowution, de Eagwe of Sawadin, in de center band. This earwier version of de eagwe differs somewhat from de one water adopted. Even when de Kingdom was formawwy abowished by de decwaration of de Repubwic on Juwy 18, 1953, de fwag of de Kingdom remained in officiaw use untiw Gamaw Abdew Nasser announced de formation of de United Arab Repubwic in 1958.[7]

fwag of de United Arab Repubwic (1958–1971) – dough Syria widdrew from de union in 1961, Egypt retained de officiaw name untiw 1971

In 1958, Egypt and Syria united as de United Arab Repubwic (UAR) and adopted a nationaw fwag based on de originaw Egyptian Liberation fwag after de revowution,but wif two green stars (representing de two countries of de union) repwacing de former Egyptian Eagwe in de white band. A modified version of dat Eagwe was den adopted as de UAR's coat of arms. The fwag wif de 2 green starts, representing de two nations is now stiww used as de nationaw fwag of Syria.

Though Syria widdrew from de U.A.R. in 1961, Egypt continued to use de officiaw name of de United Arab Repubwic untiw 1971, when de country was renamed officiawwy as de Arab Repubwic of Egypt. In 1972, when Egypt formed de Federation of Arab Repubwics awong wif Syria, and Libya, de U.A.R. fwag (whose design Syria wouwd reuse for deir own fwag, eight years water) was repwaced by a common fwag for de Federation, once again based on de Arab Liberation fwag. The two green stars in de white band were repwaced by de Hawk of Qureish, which had been de coat of arms of Syria prior to de formation of de U.A.R. in 1958. The Hawk of Qureish was awso adopted as de Federation's coat of arms. The shade of red used in de red band was wightened swightwy.

Whiwst de Federation of Arab Repubwics was dissowved in 1977, Egypt retained de Federation's fwag untiw October 4, 1984, when de bwack Hawk of Qureish was repwaced in de white band (and on de coat of arms) by de Eagwe of Sawadin (de 1958 version as opposed to de 1952 version). The shiewd hewd by de eagwe is cowoured entirewy gowd and white, as opposed to de cowours seen on de shiewd on Egypt's coat of arms. In addition, de shade of red in de red band was restored to de swightwy darker shade of de red band in de pre-Federation fwag.

The fwag is hoisted on aww Egyptian governmentaw buiwdings on Fridays, nationaw howidays, de opening session of de House of Representatives, and any oder occasions as determined by de Minister of de Interior. The fwag is hoisted daiwy on border posts, customs buiwdings, Egyptian consuwates and embassies overseas on Revowution Day (Juwy 23), and oder nationaw howidays, as weww as during de visit of de Egyptian President to de country hosting de dipwomatic mission, uh-hah-hah-hah.

Abusing de fwag in any way is a criminaw offense and is punishabwe under waw as it impwies contempt of de power of de state. Penaw provisions awso govern abuse of foreign fwags or nationaw embwems of oder countries.